The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... floating ice was reached in 81 ° 12 ′ 51 ′′ N. , on June 23 . The travelling was exceedingly difficult , as the ice was very loose and rotten . On July 11 firmer ice was reached . On July 20 the ice was still floe ice , such as a ...
... floating ice was reached in 81 ° 12 ′ 51 ′′ N. , on June 23 . The travelling was exceedingly difficult , as the ice was very loose and rotten . On July 11 firmer ice was reached . On July 20 the ice was still floe ice , such as a ...
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... floating , dead ; to it the men rowed , taking it for a right whale , but on discovering their mistake they immediately aban- doned it . They had apparently not been the first , for on its sides were cut the names of several vessels ...
... floating , dead ; to it the men rowed , taking it for a right whale , but on discovering their mistake they immediately aban- doned it . They had apparently not been the first , for on its sides were cut the names of several vessels ...
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... upon well - greased matting , and , owing to this simple arrangement , the boats are propelled without the least noise to disturb the floating monsters . TROUBLES IN THE ICE . 68 89 As the men 88 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
... upon well - greased matting , and , owing to this simple arrangement , the boats are propelled without the least noise to disturb the floating monsters . TROUBLES IN THE ICE . 68 89 As the men 88 A VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGEN .
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... float past again in another cloud - like mass . The noise , too , of so many wings , and the wild , scared cries from a host like this , was much greater than could be imagined , much less described in words . The tem- perature of the ...
... float past again in another cloud - like mass . The noise , too , of so many wings , and the wild , scared cries from a host like this , was much greater than could be imagined , much less described in words . The tem- perature of the ...
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... floating on or near the surface . Caught at last in some ocean current , the wood is drifted westwards , and at length finds a resting - place on this desolate coast . These sea - worms cannot live in the Arctic seas , and the driftwood ...
... floating on or near the surface . Caught at last in some ocean current , the wood is drifted westwards , and at length finds a resting - place on this desolate coast . These sea - worms cannot live in the Arctic seas , and the driftwood ...
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amongst animals Arctic seas Barentsz bear boat Cape Captain coast cold crew curious danger deer depth difficulty direction distance drift east edge eider ducks escape expedition explored fathoms feet fiord floating floe flora forced gale Greenland Gulf Stream harpoon herd hole hope Humboldt Glacier hummock icebergs Iceland INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER journey June Kennedy Channel killed Lancaster Sound land latitude look mass miles Miocene Moffen Island mountain narwhal northern Norwegian Nova Zembla object observed once open sea open water ourselves pack party Polar Pole present pursuit reach region reindeer rocks round sail sailors Samoyedes SCALLOWAY CASTLE schooner seal season seems seen ship shore shot side sight sledges Smith Sound snow soon southward Spitzbergen sport Strait stream surface temperature thick tion vessel Waigatz walrus warm water watch weather Willem Barentsz wind winter